The Green Circle
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Background
Vision Objective
Proposals
Rationale
The A36/A338 ring road is the main transport route through and around Salisbury. It provides a functional but unattractive route for navigating around the medieval city.
Vision Objective:
Improve the visual appearance of the ring road and the motorist’s experience by establishing boulevard planting of sufficient maturity and presence
Proposals:
- Establish boulevard planting along key routes through and around the city; such planting to have sufficient maturity and presence to sustain a strong visual impact and environmental role
- To achieve, where possible, double lines of tree planting including appropriate lighting to contribute to the overall visual effect
- Ensure the protection of the southern open space network from significant new development in order to sustain the green circle as part of a network enclosing the city centre
Rationale:
- To improve the visual appearance of this major route around Salisbury.
- To support bio-diversity and carbon neutrality by seeking to ffset emissions produced by traffic entering and going around Salisbury.
- To visually link Salisbury’s ring road to the areas of open pace to the south of the city.
